Carbon dioxide capture, products incorporating or produced using captured carbon dioxide, and economic benefits associated with such products
Assignee8 Rivers Capital, LLC
InventorsGlenn William Brown, Jr., Brock Alan Forrest, Damian Beauchamp
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods whereby products can be prepared in a manner that adds value to the products beyond the market value of such products, and the present disclosure further provides methods for optimizing production of products toward processes that yield a positive net result. The methods for preparing a product can utilize a synthesized oxide compound and, depending upon the order of combination, can modify the synthesized oxide compound by combination with both of carbon dioxide and a secondary component.
Claims33
A method for preparing a product, the method comprising:
- combining a synthesized oxide compound with a secondary component to form an intermediate material;
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- adding carbon dioxide to the intermediate material such that at least a majority of the carbon dioxide that is added to the intermediate material is combined with the intermediate material to form a carbon-modified product that has an economic benefit associated therewith.
A method for preparing a product, the method comprising:
- adding carbon dioxide to a synthesized oxide compound that is at least partially in solid form such that at least a majority of the carbon dioxide reacts with the synthesized oxide compound to form a synthesized carbonate compound that is at least partially in solid form;
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- combining the synthesized carbonate compound with a secondary component to form a carbon-modified product that has an economic benefit associated therewith.
A method for optimizing production of products, the method comprising:
- determining a cost associated with preparing each of a plurality of carbon-modified products, each carbon-modified product being prepared by a method that includes carrying out one or more production steps effective to impart an economic benefit related to one or both of a carbon incentive and a climate incentive;
- determining the value of the economic benefit associated with each carbon-modified product;
- determining, for each carbon-modified product, a net benefit as a difference between a value of the economic benefit associated with each of the plurality of carbon-modified products and a cost associated with preparing each of the plurality of carbon-modified products;
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- forming one or more of the plurality of carbon-modified products such that the net benefit has a positive value.
A method for preparing a product, the method comprising forming a product by carrying out one or more production steps effective to impart an economic benefit related to one or both of a carbon incentive and a climate incentive so that the product so-produced has a value that is greater than the cost of production, such value being at least partially attributable to one or both of the carbon incentive and the climate incentive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.